ASU Gammage
Inner Circle Volume 23 | Summer 2019
The Inspiration Behind MISS SAIGON
HIGH HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL STUDENTS STUDENTS SHINE SHINE AT AT
THE ASU GAMMAGE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS
Q&A With the Creators of THE BOOK OF MORMON
Awards Season at ASU Gammage
We are excited for ALL of the programs we have coming in 2019-2020
Photo: Tim Trumble
This has been one fantastic year at ASU Gammage. We have had so many powerful performances on our stage from DEAR EVAN HANSEN to the U.S. premiere of THE BARBERSHOP CHRONICLES to three magical weeks of Disney’s ALADDIN. But even more powerful than the performances we’ve had on our stage is the impact that we have been able to make in our community. As VIP Donor Club members, you play an essential role in our programs that reach beyond the stage. Our Cultural Participation programs allow us to fulfill our mission of Connecting Communities™, and because of your support, our education and residency programs have grown larger than ever. This year, ASU Gammage was able to bring thousands of students, many of whom experienced live arts for the first time, to The Molly Blank Fund Performances for Students series. Incarcerated women discovered a personal sense of constructive identity through our arts residency program, Journey Home. High school students showed us they are truly the stars of tomorrow and their work was celebrated at the High School Musical Theatre
Awards. Military families enjoyed a Broadway experience and spent time together during our Military Family First Nights. Title I high school students experienced musical theater through The Molly Blank Fund Kaleidoscope, engaging in an intensive curriculum-based program. ASU students were able to learn from Broadway and Beyond artists through master classes and performing arts professionals through internships. This is only a snapshot of our amazing Cultural Participation programs and we have an incredibly rich line-up of programs for the 2019-2020 season. Our Cultural Participation programs have the power to change lives in our communities because of you. Thank you for supporting us and allowing us to achieve our mission of Connecting Communities™. We are excited for ALL of the programs we have coming in 20192020, and we cannot wait to see you at ASU Gammage!
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack ASU Vice President for Cultural Affairs Executive Director of ASU Gammage
Congratulations to
SAM PRIMACK,
the 2017 ASU Gammage High School Musical Theatre Awards Best Lead Male winner, who is currently the Evan/Jared/Connor understudy in DEAR EVAN HANSEN on Broadway! 2
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Contents
Clinton Greenspan (Aladdin) and a student from Sierra Linda High School
2019 High School Musical Theatre Awards
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THE BOOK OF MORMON
ASU Gammage Inner Circle Volume 23 | Summer 2019 Executive Editor: Colleen Jennings-Roggensack Editor In Chief and Project Manager: Erica Lin Creative Director: Paul Carter II Managing Editor: Theresa Dickerson Editorial Team: Kari Amarosso, Cheryl Amick, Emily Chung, Michelle Johnson CAP-OM, Arianna Jones, Camille Ridley Contributing Writers: Jarrod Barger, Ellie Borst, Joe Caspermeyer, Jennifer Haaland and Victor Hamburger COVER: The Millennium High School cast of THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE performs at the ASU Gammage High School Musical Theatre Awards. Photo: Tim Trumble
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The Mingus Union High School cast of NEWSIES, the 2019 High School Musical Theatre Award Best Musical winner, performs at the ASU Gammage High School Musical Theatre Awards. Photo: Tim Trumble
Engaging the Next Generation of Artists Through Kaleidoscope
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MISS SAIGON
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Awards Season at ASU Gammage
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Performances for Students
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Kerr Korner
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The Woman Behind the Numbers
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The stars of tomorrow shine at the ASU Gammage High School Musical Theatre Awards By Ellie Borst The fifth annual ASU Gammage High School Musical Theatre Awards took the stage on Saturday, May 25 as a red-carpet affair. The Tony AwardsÂŽinspired event included performances from nominated high schools and the announcement of the winners in 14 categories. Mingus Union High School won the Best Musical Award for its production of NEWSIES. Casey Likes of Chandler High School won Best Lead Male for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in LES MISERABLES. Sophia Donnell of Hamilton High School won Best Lead Female for her performance of Jo March in LITTLE WOMEN. Likes and Donnell will spend a week in New York City where they will compete in The Jimmy AwardsÂŽ (named after the famed Broadway producer, James M. Nederlander Sr.) on June 24 at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway. Students from across the nation will participate in training with professionals with the hopes of winning the nationwide title of Best Performance by an Actor or an Actress. The ASU Gammage Leadership Award is presented to two graduating seniors for their leadership, not only on the stage but in their community and school. This year, Gianna Agostinelli from Chaparral High School and Christian Perez from Shadow Ridge High School took home the award, along with $500 to use toward furthering their education.
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(L-R) Best Lead Female, Sophia Donnell, Colleen Jennings-Roggensack and Best Lead Male, Casey Likes. Photo: Tim Trumble
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack with the Best Musical Award-winning cast of NEWSIES from Mingus Union High School. Photo: Tim Trumble
Best Lead Male, Casey Likes performs with the Chandler High School cast of LES MISERABLES. Photo: Tim Trumble
“The ASU Gammage High School Musical Theatre Awards is an event that allows us to showcase some of the incredible talent in younger generations right here in Arizona,” said Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Executive Director of ASU Gammage & ASU Vice President for Cultural Affairs. Participating schools included American Leadership Academy — Ironwood High School, American Leadership Academy – Queen Creek High School, Arizona School for the Arts, Casteel High School, Centennial High School, Chandler High School, Chaparral High School, Desert Mountain High School, Dobson High School, Hamilton High School, Higley High School, Marcos De Niza High School, Maricopa
High School, Mesa High School, Millennium High School, Mingus Union High School, Mountain View High School, Phoenix Country Day School, Queen Creek High School, Red Mountain High School, Saguaro High School, Shadow Mountain High School, Shadow Ridge High School, South Mountain High School, Valley Vista High School and Williams Field High School. Winners were selected by a panel of adjudicators comprised of theater professionals, teachers and arts enthusiasts in Arizona. The adjudicators attended the participating high schools’ performances and submitted scores and feedback. Best Lead Female, Sophia Donnell (center) celebrates with fellow cast members. Photo: Tim Trumble
The Millennium High School cast of THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE poses on the red carpet. Photo: Tim Trumble
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Kaleidoscope
Clinton Greenspan (Aladdin) and students from South Mountain High School
Engaging the next generation of artists through Kaleidoscope By Ellie Borst
Compelling, inspiring and extravagant describes the talent that was showcased at The Molly Blank Fund Kaleidoscope on Saturday, February 16. Kaleidoscope is an opportunity for students from Title I schools to take part in an immersive live arts experience and also an interactive way for students to connect with a show. This year, attendees viewed the matinée performance of Disney’s ALADDIN at ASU Gammage and stayed afterward for dinner with the cast. 6
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“It’s definitely a special program that reflects ASU Gammage’s commitment to connecting communities with the younger generation,” said Desiree Ong, ASU Gammage educational enrichment program manager. Ten cast members answered questions and watched the students perform, including: Clinton Greenspan (Aladdin), Ellis Dawson (Genie), Zach Bencal (Babkak) and Jed Feder (Kassim).
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Jeff Abbett, Jenniffer Jarvis, Camille Ridley and students from participating schools listen to cast members from ALADDIN
Ellis Dawson (Genie) shares words of wisdom with students from participating high schools
One hundred students and teachers from Cesar Chavez High School, Sierra Linda High School and South Mountain High School prepared various pieces to present to the cast members. Cesar Chavez High School students performed a set of skits outlining one of the central themes from ALADDIN — courage. The skits had the entire room erupting in laughter. Sierra Linda High School students presented four different dioramas of their own ideas on how the ALADDIN set would look if they could create it
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Zach Bencal (Babkak) chats with students over dinner
South Mountain High School students entertained the audience with a Spanish/English rendition of “Friend Like Me,” which the school performed for its musical at the end of February. The outstanding performance by South Mountain’s Genie brought every cast member to his or her feet. Cast members offered words of wisdom and shared their personal paths to stardom for the students and aspiring actors in attendance. “If something scares you, do it,” said Adrienne Howard, a member of the ensemble in ALADDIN.
It’s definitely a special program that reflects ASU Gammage’s commitment to connecting communities with the younger generation
Zach Williams (ensemble) shares experiences with students over dinner
Students from South Mountain High School perform
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themselves. With glitter and paper, the students transformed cardboard boxes into set designs close to those of Disney’s. Another student from Sierra Linda performed “Proud of Your Boy” in front of Aladdin himself. Her powerful voice left the entire room awe-struck and brought some teachers and students to tears.
The actors left the room on a note of praise, commending the young student-actors for their own performances and encouraging them to stick to their unique passions. The Molly Blank Fund Kaleidoscope is also sponsored by Abbett Family Foundation.
Students from Sierra Linda High School share their dioramas
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The Book of Mormon
THE BOOK OF MORMON started as OKLAHOMA! but with Joseph Smith The Book of Mormon Company The Book of Mormon (c) Julieta Cervantes 2017
The creators THE BOOK OF MORMON Trey Parker and Matt Stone sat down with Limelight Magazine to discuss coming up with the idea for the show and “conducting research” on a trip to Utah. Q: Numerous Mormon characters and plots have been featured in your long-running animated comedy, South Park, and even more prominently in your 1997 film Orgazmo – a superhero movie in which a Mormon missionary becomes entangled in the LA pornography industry. So what is it that keeps you coming back for more?
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PARKER: For Orgazmo – and for BOOK OF MORMON too – they were just great characters to have thrust into some odd situation. It’s an easy way to say: ‘here’s an innocent soul.’ Now he’s a fish out of water in LA in the porn industry, OK, now a fish out of water in Uganda. Q: You started development of THE BOOK OF MORMON after meeting Robert Lopez at a performance of AVENUE Q, the award-winning puppet musical and Sesame Street send-up Lopez wrote with Jeff Marx, back in 2003. Where did you go from there? PARKER: It really started as ‘let’s do a musical about [founder of Mormonism] Joseph Smith. Let’s do covered wagons and all that stuff – do OKLAHOMA!, basically, but with Joseph Smith.
Q: But it wasn’t until the three of you took a trip to Salt Lake City – started by the Mormons and home to the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – that the idea really began to take shape, right? PARKER: Bobby had never been to Salt Lake City. We went to a museum and we saw Joseph Smith’s death mask – it was like looking at Joseph Smith. We started to realize we should do a somewhat more modern story. Q: You must have had to do some research during your trip to Salt Lake City. In addition to museums, did you visit with locals and in turn find inspirations for characters? PARKER: In that same trip we started talking to Mormon missionaries. Talking to those kids it just so immediately became obvious, that’s the story to tell: some kid who’s born and raised in Salt Lake, has done everything right, done everything he’s told to do, and then goes and gets a dose of the real world.
The creators of THE BOOK OF MORMON Matt Stone and Trey Parker
and more recently his music for the Disney film Frozen, but you both have an impressive list of musical credentials as well. You worked on a film together called Cannibal! The Musical – a songSTONE: If you go to downtown Salt Lake City and you just go to a restaurant and order and-dance bio-pic about Alfred Packer, food and the waiter comes up, ask the waiter an American prospector accused of cannibalism in the Colorado mountains. if they’ve been on a mission. And it was like And your 1999 film South Park: Bigger, most of the time they had. At the time we talked for a little while about, ‘well maybe it’s Longer, Uncut is also musical – right down to a LES MISERABLES/WEST about a kid who’s gay.’ SIDE STORY-style finaletto before the PARKER: They bring a guy over and we’re final act. So the music really came from like, ‘we’re wondering if there’s someone you all three of you? know who’s a Mormon missionary but was gay,’ And he goes, ‘How many do you want?’ STONE: People think that [Lopez] brought the music and we brought the jokes. STONE: And then we met a kid who – less funny – he’d gone to Cambodia, and seen somebody get stoned to death or something really horrific and had a freak-out and come back home.
Q: And that’s where your story line started? PARKER: That got us thinking about the fish out of water story of a kid who grows up in this really nice situation and just believes everything he’s told, and then you put him in a place that is really tough – sub-Saharan Africa. And nothing he’s learned is applicable at all.
PARKER: I grew up with OKLAHOMA! and SOUND OF MUSIC. When I was a little kid and we had to go rent it on VHS or whatever, it was just so from another time. And everyone seemed so damn happy. It was almost like watching Monty Python. I would watch these musicals and be like, ‘this is not even Earth.’ Q: Was it from watching these old musicals that you began to learn about music? Did you teach yourself, or did either of you go to school for it?
Q: For Team America: World Police the music came later on in the process, but how about for BOOK OF MORMON?
PARKER: We thought of it as ‘who knows if we’ll ever make this thing, but let’s just make the album.’ We would get together in recording studios – I had one at my house at the time – and we would just sit there and talk about something and come up with a song and then record that song. We’d all play; Matt would play drums and I’d play piano or Bobby played piano and I’d sing and we’d all sing. It was like being in a band. STONE: Those first few years it really was like we were a band and we were just trying to write songs. That’s I think why it ended up working, too – we wrote the songs first. We wanted to be able to tell the story with the songs. Not just, ‘Here’s a story, let’s figure that out, and now let’s go find some songs to sing to make it a musical.’ Musicals do that a lot, it bugs me so much. The Book of Mormon Company The Book of Mormon (c) Julieta Cervantes 2017.
PARKER: I learned by just copying Elton John. And then I went to Berkeley College of Music, STONE: Because they’re missionaries they’re which was all jazz, and then I went to CU always paired together. That gives us an where I met [Stone], which was all classical instant little buddy thing. That’s when we kind – which I liked and all, but I just loved playing of hit on it. It just goes back to Salt Lake City. piano and writing songs. As storytellers we Q: Robert Lopez is known as a just love how much story and emotion you composer for his work on AVENUE Q can get across in a song. VOLUME 23 | 2019
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The Book of Mormon Q: Given the subject matter of the show, it remains a distinctly American musical – but if someone didn’t know much about Mormons, how do you explain the show’s international success?
Kim Exum - The Book of Mormon (c) Julieta Cervantes 2017
PARKER: In the UK we realized people didn’t need to know anything about Mormons, because they just said: ‘Well, that’s just Americans.’ STONE: It’s a caricature of a certain kind of Americanness. You know, naively going around the world and helping you understand what you need to know. Q: In light of the show’s successful run, would you consider making another stage musical?
STONE: If we had an idea, Orgazmo? PARKER: If we had seven years. We wouldn’t want to do our MISS SAIGON. It really does take that long. Because I think you have to do an album first. You have to start with songs. And if the songs start really speaking to you and telling a story then you know you’ve got something. Q: Are you surprised by the show’s success? STONE: We’ve lived the ultimate Broadway dream. We thought it was good and we were psyched to put it on in New York and we wanted it to be a success – we definitely believed in it. But we thought success would be: we did it. It opened. We got some OK reviews. PARKER: We didn’t think we’d be in Australia five years later.
Do not miss THE BOOK OF MORMON at ASU Gammage Aug. 6-11! For tickets, visit asugammage.com Credit: This article by Angus McPherson originally appeared in Limelight Magazine in 2017.
Monica L. Patton, Kevin Clay, Conner Peirson - The Book of Mormon (c) Julieta Cervantes 2017
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365 Community Union
Special screening of
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’
celebrates inclusivity at ASU
More than 3,000 people packed the grass at Sun Devil Stadium on Friday, March 29 as part of ASU 365 Community Union’s Movies on the Field. The screening of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” featured a special videotaped introduction with directors Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti and Rodney Rothman that gave audiences new insights into the background of the Academy Award®-winning film. The introduction, produced by ASU Film Spark, explored the connections between the film’s theme of inclusivity (#anyonecanwearthemask) with ASU’s charter to be a university measured by whom it includes and how they succeed. The introduction was hosted by ASU students Micky Molina and Rashaud Williams and directed by ASU student Jacob Kaufman. At the conclusion of the introduction, the entire audience donned Spider-Man masks in support of inclusivity at ASU.
The event was part of ASU’s effort to utilize Sun Devil Stadium as a cultural hub that hosts events, festivals, concerts, conferences, meetings and movies year-round. “We are looking to build the stadium into a community space for students every day of the year…we plan to have lots of movies and events to really welcome people into the stadium who have never been there before. Our goal is to determine what students are passionate about. Let’s put their passion in this place and let them come together,” said Victor Hamburger, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives for ASU Cultural Affairs and Senior Director of the 365 Community Union. Photos: Tim Trumble
For more information on upcoming events, visit the ASU 365 Community Union website at asu365communityunion.com.
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Staff Profile
Tara with her children, Jordan and Alexis and husband Doug
The woman
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numbers Meet Tara Johannson By Ellie Borst For many employees at ASU Gammage, it is the connections forged with their coworkers that make coming to work each day all the more worthwhile. For Tara Johannson, her “Gamm Fam” extends far beyond the office doors. Tara is the accountant principal at ASU Gammage and proudly shared that she and her family are built-in to the theater—literally.
“I’ve always loved this building,” she said. “I’ve always been very connected with the university.” “Connected” would be an understatement. Her ASU Gammage lineage began with her grandfather, who helped to install the sheet metal in the tunnels of ASU.
Tara was first hired at ASU Gammage as a floor manager in 1996, her first year of college.
“He helped bring the university to ASU Gammage,” she said.
“I wanted to see Broadway shows and I needed a job,” she recalled. “I just thought that this job was the best of both worlds.”
Tara noted how her parents would often bring her to Broadway shows at ASU Gammage when she was younger, but one show in particular stands out to her.
From floor manager, she moved her way up to assistant house manager, to patron services student worker, to her 12
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Tara with her husband and children at Disneyland
Tara with her mom, Velma and daughter Alexis
Tara, Alexis and Velma take a spin on Aladdin’s magic carpet
For her sixteenth birthday, her parents took her to see the Broadway musical GUYS AND DOLLS, where the young man behind the concessions stand caught her eye. While the connection only lasted for a matter of seconds as he served her a cappuccino, the lasting impression would continue for a lifetime. When she returned to ASU Gammage again, this time to work as a freshman in college, the same man was still behind the concessions stand. “When I saw him again, I was like ‘Yup, that’s mine. I have claimed him,’” Tara laughs. She later learned his name was Doug, but now she calls him her husband. From there, her love for ASU Gammage has only grown. Of her two children, Alexis, 14, and Jordan, 11, Alexis has also developed a love for show-biz.
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“I try to take my daughter to a show at least once a year,” she said. “My mom, daughter and I, are the ‘Broadway people.’” For Tara, family is very important to her—inside and outside of the theater walls. Her ties with ASU Gammage do not end with her immediate family but carry over to her “work family” as well. “We call ourselves the ‘Gamm Fam,’” she said. “Without them, I don’t know how I would make it through.” Theresa Dickerson, director of marketing and communications at ASU Gammage said, “Accounting is the back bone of ASU Gammage. They make what we do possible. Tara leads that charge with passion!” “I love the arts,” Tara continued. “I love what we do here.”
We call ourselves the ‘Gamm Fam, Without them, I don’t know how I would make it through.
Tara and her husband Doug met while working at ASU Gammage
Tara with her daughter Alexis at Alexis’ Christmas show performance
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VIP Donor Event Photos 1. L to R: Iris Weiss, Korie Lee Blossey (Standby Genie/Sultan) and Sharla Powley 2. L to R: Jay Paranada (Iago), Jed Fedder (Kassim), Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Pat Kaufman, Adam Stevenson (Standby Jafa/ Sultan), Lissa deGuzman (Jasmine), Ellis Dawson III (Standby Genie/Babkak), Korie Lee Blossey (Standby Genie/Sultan) 3. L to R: Jay Paranada (Iago), Jed Fedder (Kassim), Lissa deGuzman (Jasmine), Damon Bolling, Adam Stevenson (Standby Jafa/ Sultan), David Horowitz, Ellis Dawson III (Standby Genie/Babkak), Kerie Trindle Bryne, Korie Lee Blossey (Standby Genie/ Sultan) 4. L to R: Jay Paranada (Iago), Jed Fedder (Kassim), Ron and Susan Starkman, Adam Stevenson (Standby Jafa/Sultan), Lissa deGuzman (Jasmine), Ellis Dawson III (Standby Genie/Babkak), Korie Lee Blossey (Standby Genie/Sultan) 5. L to R: Jay Paranada (Iago), Jed Fedder (Kassim), JO Finks, Adam Stevenson (Standby Jafa/Sultan), Lissa deGuzman (Jasmine), Ellis Dawson III (Standby Genie/ Babkak), Korie Lee Blossey (Standby Genie/Sultan) 6. Frank and Ginny Palamara 7. Colleen addressing luncheon attendees Photos: Tim Trumble February 15, 2019 ASU Gammage Rae & Richard S. Love Lobby
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Donor Luncheon
Thank you to our lunch sponsors: JO Finks, Damon Bolling and David Horowitz, Pat Kaufman, Susan and Ron Starkman
1. David Horowitz and Damon Bolling 2. Andrew and Marcia Meyer 3. L to R: Chris Rodriguez, Xavier Rodriguez, Ryan Jung, Michelle Jung, Sam Zeligman 4. L to R: Jonathan Harris (Charles Haversham), Debra Ann Byrd and Mary Way
Opening Night Party
5. L to R: Peyton Crim (Robert), Michael Thatcher (Fight Captain, Understudy), Jacqueline Jarrold (Understudy), Sid Solomon (Understudy), Nathanael Pretlow, Ned Noyles (Max), Annie Twilloil (Stage Manager), Chris Bean (Inspector Carter & Director), Scott Cote (Dennis), Jonathan Harris (Charles Haversham), Jamie Ann Romero (Sandra), Brandon J. Ellis (Trevor), u/s Robert) 6. L to R: Michael Thatcher (Fight Captain, Understudy), Brandon J. Ellis (Trevor u/s Robert), Jamie Ann Romero (Sandra), Irv Berger, Sid Solomon (Understudy), Barbara Berger, Ned Noyles (Max), Annie Twilloil (Stage Manager), Chris Bean (Inspector Carter & Director), Scott Cote (Dennis), Jonathan Harris (Charles Haversham), Jacqueline Jarrold (Understudy), Peyton Crim (Robert), Shannon and Todd Hardy 7. L to R: Sandra Wilkinson (Florence Colleymoore), Erika Dickey and Annie Twilloil (Stage Manager) 8. L to R: Ron Harten, Karen Ress and Louise Wilber 9. L to R: John Kras, Tim Walling and Jose Solivan (Company Manager) Photos: Denny Collins Photography March 19, 2019 P.F. Chang’s - Tempe
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1. L to R: Sue Frost (Gammy Award Recipient), Pat Langlin-Brazil (Jerry Award Recipient), Colleen Jennings-Roggensack 2. Ron Harten & Pat Langlin-Brazil 3. Rachel Hunter (Director of Creative Service at Desert Financial) 4. Dr. James Cord and JO Finks 5. Seated L to R: Tina Kaing, Monica Rivas, Matt Venrick, James Jimenez, Angelique Cappo Standing L to R: Luzette Romo, Caress Russell, Arianna Jones, Paul Carter II 6. Seated: Pat Langlin-Brazil Standing L to R: Laurie Goldstein, Mary and Bill Way, Chuck Goldstein, Susan and Bill Ahearn 7. L to R: Dee Mace, Lee Bowman, Pat Kaufman, Nancy Hurley 8. L to R: Garrison Singer, Beverley Bass, Felice Appell, Marina and Kent Renneke 9. Seated L to R: Irv and Barbara Berger, Mary Farrington Lorch and Alexia Lorch Standing L to R: Michelle Johnson, Mario Romero, JO Finks, Carol Poore, Ph.D., Patricia Hardy, and Shirley Krueger 10. L to R: Bill Ahearn, Beverley Bass, Sue Frost and Susan Ahearn 11. L to R: Mary Way, JO Finks, Debra Ann Byrd and Laurie Goldstein 12. Alyssa Goldstein and Raymond Phu 13. Guests 14. L to R: Glenn Appell, Tran Tran Appell, Pennie and Jesse Aragon 15. L to R: Amie Bjorklund, Breona Conrad, Betsy Mugavero, Beverley Bass, Racquel Mckenzie and Jessica Taylor 16. Colleen welcomes the guests Photos: Haute Photography
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Awards
Award season at ASU Gammage Colleen Jennings-Roggensack and Valley Leadership’s 2019 Man of the Year, John Graham
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack with husband Dr. Kurt Roggensack and their daughter Kelsey at Valley Leadership’s 70 th Annual Man and Woman of the Year luncheon
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack and Valley Leadership’s 2018 Man of the Year, Neil Giuliano
Valley Leadership’s 2019 Woman of the Year Honoree–Colleen Jennings-Roggensack For the past 70 years, Valley Leadership honors one man and one woman for their vision, innovation, measurable impact on the lives of others, and their extraordinary service to our community. Colleen was awarded for her involvement in Valley Leadership’s mission to enhance the abilities of leaders to serve and strengthen our community. Her nomination stemmed from her leadership and creativity in improving the arts scene and commitment to continue growing arts throughout the Valley. Colleen accepted the “Woman of the Year” award at a luncheon on March 29, 2019 alongside Sunbelt Holdings Inc., president and CEO John Graham.
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Colleen Jennings-Roggensack and Mohamed Hussein
Dr. Charles St. Clair, Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Akua Duku Anokye
L-R: Alexandra Ncube, Chanel Bragg, Matravius Avent, Colleen JenningsRoggensack, Dr. Jeffrey Kennedy
Colleen Jennings-Roggensack awarded the Pioneer Award The Pioneer Award recognizes individuals who have served as a direct and positive impact to the culture and lives of African Americans in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Colleen was recognized for her long-term commitment to the quality of lives of African Americans through her work at ASU Gammage, Broadway League’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, as ASU’s vice president for cultural affairs and through her deep involvement in various communities across the Valley. She embodies the Pioneer Award through her dedication and continuous efforts to represent different cultures and communities throughout the Valley. Colleen accepted the award at the 18th Annual Pioneer Award Dinner on ASU’s West Campus on February 23, 2019.
Longtime ASU Gammage supporters, Susan & Bill Ahearn, receive the Governor’s Arts Award for Philanthropy Susan and Bill Ahearn are a couple who have been actively involved in growing the organization for over four decades, and a beloved part of the ASU Gammage family. This year, the Ahearns were awarded the Governor’s Arts Award for Philanthropy by Arizona Citizens for the Arts. The award is given to individuals or families who show extraordinary philanthropic leadership through the contribution of financial resources to non-profit arts and culture organizations, and by encouraging the philanthropic support of others. The Ahearns have connected disadvantaged youths with the arts, spearheaded the historical theater’s restoration, spent countless hours volunteering at ASU Gammage events and more. The two were honored at the 38th Annual Governor’s Arts Award dinner on March 7, 2019.
L-R: Peter Means, Michelle Johnson, Susan Ahearn, Bill Ahearn, Julianne Mate
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Kevvin Taylor
Kevvin Taylor and Colleen Jennings-Roggensack at Valley Leadership’s 70 th Annual Man and Woman of the Year luncheon
The next horizon’s peak
Kevvin Taylor, The Broadway League 2019 Diversity and Inclusion Fellow By Jennifer Haaland
To peek into Kevvin Taylor’s life as the 2019 Broadway League Diversity & Inclusion Fellow at ASU Gammage is to glimpse at a young man on an upward arts trek like no other. The fellowship matches young professionals that have theater management backgrounds with Broadway professionals in order to help them explore possible careers in the industry. To that end, Taylor’s fellowship this spring has provided job shadowing opportunities and compensation over the course of 14 weeks. He has shadowed all six of the primary departments at ASU Gammage and hiked miles in the staff’s proverbial shoes. 20
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“I am enjoying a historical moment; I am the first Broadway League Fellow to reside here in Arizona,” Taylor said of the honor that has traditionally been bestowed upon a New York candidate. Taylor started in January. That meant the ASU Gammage staff said hello to their new fellow as Broadway’s HELLO, DOLLY! was moving in and looking swell for its opening the following night. “It has been unreal, really. My drive to work in the mornings is jolly. What an honor, a dream come true, that I get to come here—to the beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright designed ASU Gammage building—and play!” Taylor said.
He’s lived highlights he couldn’t have imagined. For instance, he was shadowing the Technical Department when the Broadway tour of Disney’s ALADDIN pulled up with 15+ trucks. The sheer numbers were only the tip of what stunned him. “The magic of just being part of the unloading and start-up was a fantastic experience.” Taylor described how the Disney costume designer, while multiple costume semi-trailers were being emptied, pulled out one of Jasmine’s frocks that weighed over 10 pounds with all of its beads and emerald-like jewels. Later, as lights were hung and focused,
Kevvin Taylor and Camille A. Brown at Camille A. Brown & Dancers After Party
he watched the ‘behind the scenes’ minutia come to life. “More than 80 offstage costume changes happen in a minute or less during that show,” Taylor recounted as one of many examples. “What an incredible feat.” Down a very different experience pathway, Taylor said the shadowing he did with the ASU Gammage Development department gave him new information and perspective about the art of cultivating a giving relationship. He affectionately rattled off the team members by their first names and praised a book they’d recommended to enhance his learning.
“Challenging and rewarding is how it felt,” he said. “I got to lead and guide 20+ volunteers. I needed to be in sync with the Box Office and the Technical Director.” The job was a big one and reached its zenith as the house lights dimmed and the pit conductor raised the baton. The scale to which Taylor referred was truly huge. While he had oversight of many fronts of the house activities and many team members that night, he was one of seven or eight ASU Gammage and Disney managers who ALL had headsets on and were checking in with one another to make sure everything would sync at exactly the right moment.
“I’d had the least professional experience with Development in my theater management background,” said Taylor, noting that the ASU Gammage folks make it their job connecting communities through the arts.
“It was such a high-octane experience for me to be ushering in these 3,000 patrons. The energy within that hushed moment of anticipation makes everything worth it.”
Reaching another pinnacle later in ALADDIN’s run, Taylor was put in charge as House Manager one night while he was shadowing the Audience Services department.
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production company didn’t miss a beat during his ASU Gammage tenure. Seek First Entertainment, based in Phoenix, mounted four shows these last few months, with Taylor leading the charge. His work with Seek First Entertainment — prior to the Broadway League Fellowship — included adapting and directing BLACK WOMEN WALKING. He described the show as a “historical narrative that highlights the achievements of 11 notable African-American women” in a multi-media presentation sprinkled with gospel music and contemporary dance. Competing with 40 other theater producers from across the country, BLACK WOMEN WALKING was awarded the coveted Festival Favorite Award for Best Play at the 2018 Atlanta Black Theatre Festival. “I haven’t really had a moment to turn off and reflect in the past 14 weeks,” Taylor said. “But in the day-to-day tasks at ASU Gammage, I’ve been aware that this is the best kind of exercise I could ask in connecting the dots.” 22
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The Broadway League fellowship is a summit in Taylor’s professional experience, there is an impressive mountain range of internships he’s traversed along the way, spanning from Michigan to Florida to right here at Arizona State University. And he just keeps climbing, meeting the next steep goal with bright enthusiasm. “My biggest challenge during this fellowship is coming next Friday,” Taylor said with his last week at ASU Gammage on the horizon. “It will be so hard to gracefully ‘Exit stage right.“ What’s next? “Number one, I need to take a beat and absorb the 14 weeks of experience I’ve had,” said Taylor. Seeming a tad giddy with the overwhelming future possibilities, Taylor suggested, probably predictably, that job scouting comes in a close second to mindful reflection. Right now, he has his sights set on the Arizona and New York markets.
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Kevvin chats with Ryan McGinn about Audience Services
“With the contacts I’ve made, the dream is that I can move on, eventually working at the highest level in this industry,” Taylor said. “My Fellowship has served as a bridge between my journey through academics and life experiences to a new professional level. I’m excited about it! I can add value to the industry.” He’s grown from a Des Moines “kid who danced around the living room singing show tunes” to a young man honing business skills to manage the non-performance magic that happens in some of the most impressive theater companies in the country. “We must tell our stories,” Taylor said in closing, as though he were looking out onto a sunrise peeking over the glowing horizon. Firmly clasping his Broadway League Fellowship like a trekking pole, the idea seems to propel him forward, and he steps off the ASU Gammage ledge, climbing toward the next theatric expanse.
Performances for Students
Cedric Watson. Photo: Jelena Rudi
Leela Dance Collective California Gharana
Las Cafeteras. Photo: Rafael Cardenas
Step Afrika! Zulu Dance 2 at University of Richmond.
K-12 students will take a trip around the world in the 2019-2020 school year with The Molly Blank Fund Performances for Students Series ASU Gammage has just announced the lineup for The Molly Blank Fund Performances for Students series for the 2019-2020 academic year. Performances for Students is a program that provides students the opportunity to experience artists from around the world, and teachers are provided with the opportunity to incorporate these performing arts experiences into their daily curriculum using educational study guides. All performances begin at 10:30 a.m., last one hour and cost $3 per person. Kicking off the 2019-2020 series is Leela Dance Collective performing California Gharana on October 15. California Gharana celebrates the living legacy of Kathak legend, Pandit Chitresh Das, offering three compelling pieces that embody his style, aesthetic and vision for the art form. Percussive feet, dynamic movement, and rich music weave seamlessly together to tell the
story of India – her history, struggles, spiritual discoveries, and evolution. The next show in the Performances for Students series will take place at ASU Kerr Cultural Center (located in Scottsdale) on November 21. Students will experience the work of one of the brightest young talents to emerge in Cajun, Creole and Zydeco (Louisiana French) music over the last decade, Cedric Watson, a four-time Grammynominated fiddler, singer, accordionist and songwriter. Cedric Watson resurrects the ancient sounds of the French and Spanish contra dance and bourrÊ alongside the spiritual rhythms of the Congo tribes of West Africa. On February 13, six-piece Mexican-American band Las Cafeteras will take the ASU Gammage stage to delight students with their wildly vibrant Afro-Mexican beats, rhythms, and rhymes, remixing roots music and telling modern-day Chicano/a stories. The group
creates a vibrant musical fusion with a unique East LA sound and positive message, a mixand-match of styles and sources that deliver socially conscious lyrics in both English and Spanish. Wrapping up the 2019-2020 Performances for Students series on March 24 is Step Afrika!. This amazing group blends percussive dance styles practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities, African traditional dance, and influences from a variety of other dance forms. Students will be enthralled by performances that are much more than dance shows; they integrate songs, storytelling, humor and audience participation. Performances for Students participants will learn valuable lessons about different cultures and will be able to connect performing arts experiences to lessons they learn in the classroom.
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Cancer-fighting nanorobots seek and destroy tumors
ASU scientists have successfully programmed nanorobots to shrink tumors by cutting off their blood supply By Joe Caspermeyer In a major advancement in nanomedicine Arizona State University scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have successfully programmed nanorobots to shrink tumors by cutting off their blood supply. “We have developed the first fully autonomous, DNA robotic system for a very precise drug design and targeted cancer therapy,” said Hao Yan, director of the ASU Biodesign Institute’s Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics and the Milton Glick Professor in the School of Molecular Sciences. 24
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“Moreover, this technology is a strategy that can be used for many types of cancer, since all solid tumor-feeding blood vessels are essentially the same,” Yan said. The successful demonstration of the technology, the first-of-its-kind study in mammals utilizing breast-cancer, melanoma, ovarian and lung-cancer mouse models, was published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Seek and destroy Yan is an expert in the field of DNA origami, which in the past two decades has developed atomic-scale manufacturing to build more and more complex structures.
The bricks to build their structures come from DNA, which can self-fold into all sorts of shapes and sizes — all at a scale 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair — in the hopes of one day revolutionizing computing, electronics and medicine. That one day may be coming a bit faster than anticipated. Nanomedicine is a new branch of medicine that seeks to combine the promise of nanotechnology to open up entirely new avenues for treatments, such as making minuscule, molecule-sized nanoparticles to diagnose and treat difficult diseases, especially cancer.
Until now, the challenge of advancing nanomedicine has been difficult because scientists wanted to design, build and carefully control nanorobots to actively seek and destroy cancerous tumors — while not harming any healthy cells. The international team of researchers overcame this problem by using a seemingly simple strategy to very selectively seek and starve out a tumor. This work was initiated about five years ago. The NCNST researchers first wanted to specifically cut off tumor blood supply by inducing blood coagulation with high therapeutic efficacy and safety profiles in multiple solid tumors using DNA-based nanocarriers. Yan’s expertise has upgraded the nanomedicine design to be a fully programmable robotic system, able to perform its mission entirely on its own. “These nanorobots can be programmed to transport molecular payloads and cause on-site tumor blood-supply blockages, which can lead to tissue death and shrink the tumor,” said Baoquan Ding, a professor at the NCNST in Beijing.
Nanobots to the rescue To perform their study, the scientists took advantage of a well-known mouse tumor model, where human cancer cells are injected into a mouse to induce aggressive tumor growth. Once the tumor was growing, the nanorobots were deployed to come to the rescue. Each nanorobot is made from a flat, rectangular DNA origami sheet, 90 nanometers by 60 nanometers in size. A key blood-clotting enzyme, called thrombin, is attached to the surface. Thrombin can block tumor blood flow by clotting the blood within the vessels that feed tumor growth, causing a sort of tumor mini heart attack and leading to tumor tissue death. First, an average of four thrombin molecules was attached to a flat DNA scaffold. Next, the flat sheet was folded in on itself like a sheet of paper into a circle to make a hollow tube. They were injected with an IV into a mouse,
then traveled through the bloodstream, homing in on the tumors. The key to programming a nanorobot that attacks only a cancer cell was to include a special payload on its surface, called a DNA aptamer. The DNA aptamer could specifically target a protein, called nucleolin, that is made in high amounts only on the surface of tumor endothelial cells — and not found on the surface of healthy cells. Once bound to the tumor blood vessel surface, the nanorobot was programmed, like the notorious Trojan horse, to deliver its unsuspecting drug cargo into the very heart of the tumor, exposing the thrombin. The nanorobots worked fast, congregating in large numbers to quickly surround the tumor just hours after injection. Safe and sound design First and foremost, the team showed that the nanorobots were safe and effective in shrinking tumors. “The nanorobot proved to be safe and immunologically inert for use in normal mice and, also in Bama miniature pigs, showing
no detectable changes in normal blood coagulation or cell morphology,” said Yuliang Zhao, also a professor at NCNST and lead scientist of the international collaborative team. Most importantly, there was no evidence of the nanorobots spreading into the brain where they could cause unwanted side effects, such as a stroke. “The nanorobots are decidedly safe in the normal tissues of mice and large animals,” said Guangjun Nie, another professor at the NCNST and a key member of the collaborative team. The treatment blocked tumor blood supply and generated tumor tissue damage within 24 hours while having no effect on healthy tissues. After attacking tumors, most of the nanorobots were cleared and degraded from the body after 24 hours. By two days, there was evidence of advanced thrombosis, and at three days, thrombi in all tumor vessels were observed.
The key is to trigger thrombin only when it is inside tumor blood vessels. Also, in the melanoma mouse model, three out of eight mice receiving the nanorobot therapy showed complete regression of the tumors. The median survival time more than doubled, extending from 20.5 to 45 days. They also tried their system in a test of a primary mouse lung-cancer model, which mimics the human clinical course of lungcancer patients. They showed shrinkage of tumor tissues after a two-week treatment. Science of the very small goes big For Yan, the important study milestone represents the end of the beginning for nanomedicine. “The thrombin-delivery DNA nanorobot constitutes a major advance in the application of DNA nanotechnology for cancer therapy,” Yan said. “In a melanoma mouse model, the nanorobot not only affected the primary tumor but also prevented the formation of metastasis, showing promising therapeutic potential.”
Yan and his collaborators are now actively pursuing clinical partners to further develop this technology. “I think we are much closer to real, practical medical applications of the technology,” Yan said. “Combinations of different rationally designed nanorobots carrying various agents may help to accomplish the ultimate goal of cancer research: the eradication of solid tumors and vascularized metastases. Furthermore, the current strategy may be developed as a drug-delivery platform for the treatment of other diseases by modification of the geometry of the nanostructures, the targeting groups and the loaded cargoes.” This work was supported by grants from National Basic Research Plan of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (the National Distinguished Young Scientists), Innovation Research Group of National Natural Science Foundation, Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission, CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Team, K. C. Wong Education Foundation and US National Institutes of Health Director’s Transformative Research Award.
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Point of inspiration
“This photograph was, for Alain and I, the start of everything…” – Claude-Michel Schönberg
The creators of MISS SAIGON describe the photo that inspired a broadway classic. The composer of MISS SAIGON, Claude-Michel Schönberg, traces his inspiration for the development of the musical to a 1975 photograph he found of a Vietnamese mother seeing her 11-year-old daughter off at Tan Son Nhut Air Base – the Republic of Vietnam Air Force facility that was located near the city of Saigon in southern Vietnam from 1955-1975. In the photo, the daughter, who is both Vietnamese and American, is being sent to live with her ex-GI father. This is, for the mother, an ultimate sacrifice: to send her child away to America in order to give the child a better life. This picture also motivated lyricist Alain Boublil to further investigate the last days and aftermath of the Vietnam War, an investigation which informed him of the war’s cruelty, contradictions, sacrifice, and betrayal. “The pain of being torn apart and the fracture of the maternal bond must always be a presence in the depths of this woman’s heart. What we felt for this girl and her mother has Jinwoo Jung as ‘Thuy’ in the North American Tour of MISS SAIGON. always moved us deeply, Photo: Matthew Murphy both as fathers and as the children we once were. This Vietnamese woman, her face frozen in pain, knew that finding the child’s father marked the end of her life with her daughter, and that this moment at the departure gate was the end. This
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silent scream is the most potent condemnation of the horror of that war – Red Concepción as ‘The Engineer’ in the North American Tour of MISS of all wars. This photo SAIGON. Photo: Matthew Murphy could have been taken today in Syria, Sudan and probably in the Ukraine. We hope that such a picture will never be taken here. Where is she? We hope she found happiness somewhere in America and especially that her mother’s sacrifice was not in vain. Or...maybe they met again, against all odds, maybe the father had not met an Ellen, maybe he went to look for her and found her, MAYBE – like the new song in this new version of MISS SAIGON. Maybe she kept faith in her story like Cameron Mackintosh, our producer, kept faith in ours when he asked us two years ago if we would write a new song for Ellen, 25 years after the creation of the show. We did enthusiastically. Such was the start of this reinvention of MISS SAIGON under his creative helm. We only hope that the little girl had a chance to reinvent her life.” Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg – London, May 2014
Do not miss MISS SAIGON at ASU Gammage Sept. 24-29! For more information visit asugammage.com
Technology meets history at ASU Kerr
Kerr Korner
Upgrades to sound and recording offerings elevate the venue’s production capabilities By Jarrod Barger, Technical Director of ASU Kerr
In 2014, we started with the installation of an Allen and Heath QU digital audio system. Along with amazing clarity, this enabled a new level of control, including allowing the engineer to control the audio mix remotely from a tablet, musicians to control their own monitor mixes with the swipe of a finger on a mobile phone app and to enable full multitrack digital recording. The upgrades also allowed us to replace the building’s traditional copper wiring for microphones with more advanced digital networks that eliminate interference. This season, we continued our improvement by replacing ASU Kerr’s 25-year old, stereo-only speakers with a brand new, custom-designed JBL CBT micro-line array system. This 4000watt system is comprised of 74 small, high-quality speakers installed throughout the venue to enable artists to present performances and presentations in full, true surround sound. This, along with our degreed, experienced technicians and acoustically unique venue give our live recordings a character and a life that simply cannot be recreated in a studio. With its thick adobe walls, old growth timber, natural reverb from its vaulted ceilings and secluded location, ASU Kerr can match other recording studios while adding the energy of a live audience. This makes for those moments in music that only occur once in a lifetime. Our digital system can capture those rare moments as they happen from every microphone in the room, some of which are actually installed into the building, making ASU Kerr an instrument itself. This form of “live-session” recording is what many artists crave: live interaction with other musicians, sometimes with a live
audience, that allows the mix to form organically. ASU Kerr has been treasured by musicians in the Valley for its acoustics and warm vibe; now we have the technology to capture that sound and feel without the need to “add it in post.” All of these factors add up to truly take Kerr from simply being a wonderful venue to being a live-session recording venue in the tradition of Austin City Limits or The Village Vanguard.
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ASU Kerr uses these tools to make amazing shows sound even better, but also to archive the many award-winning musicians, actors and storytellers that we present throughout the season. The recording isn’t limited to just music performances! We perform a number of archival recordings of everything we do, from music and theater performances to lectures and private events like weddings. Many of our renters who have hired videographers for their events can benefit from the better-thanbroadcast quality sound that can easily be edited and added into videos during post-production. Memories shine brighter and last longer with our level of production. In the spirit of Louise Lincoln Kerr, our team and venue help artists and renters realize their big ideas while celebrating the creativity of all kinds. We look forward to connecting communities by sharing our space and skills in our upcoming season and beyond. VOLUME 23 | 2019
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Dwight and Kathryn Peters Pat Piazza Debbie and Tobie Pirone Jennifer and Noah Plumb MaryLee and Glen Poole Carol A. Poore, Ph.D. Dr. Bradley T. Porter and Dr. Brinks Austin Practice Strategies Nathanael Pretlow In Memory of Dr. Jeannette Pretlow The Prygocki Family Dr. Coral Quiet and Mr. Jerry Weinberg* Dr. Carolyn Ragatz and Mr. Phillip Ragatz Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Rawlings Kristina Reese Keri and Steven Richardson Russell A. Robbins Dr. Lynn Robershotte and Bryce Franz Larry and Lisa Rogoff* Mario Trejo Romero and G. Lewis Penrose Mitchell and Heather Ross Jessica and Kyle Rowland Cheryl Rubbelke Karen and John Runberg Lori K. Ryan, MD Norm and Pam Saba Judy and Harold Samloff Bryan and Katherine Sandler and Janis Merrill Ellen and Paul Schifman Jesse and Jennifer Schwarz Tamara Scrivner and Bill and Kathy Aichele Mr. and Mrs. Danny Sharaby/Tickets Unlimited Slack Family Jeffrey and Deborah Smith Ava Spanier and Steve Garland Spracale Family Frances and Unni Sreekumar Dr. Cheri St. Arnauld and Family Dr. Barry and Judith Stern Morgan Stewart and Troy Homewood Alan Stoff Jennifer and Tim Storey Donna and Philip Stover Cheryl and Ed Sucato Donald Tapia Bruce C. Thoeny Brinley Thomas and Charles Bentley Mr. and Mrs. Nava Thuraisingam Laurie Topping, Janet Rocheleau, Laurie Kaptur Alicia Torruella Violet Toy and Betsy Toy Yee Mollie C. Trivers Melissa Trudelle Kerry Turner UMB Bank Susan Van Dyke MD Jerrye and Tim Van Leer Mark and Lynn Vanderlinde/VRealty Advisors Laura and Richard Varner Veteran Tickets Foundation Barbara and Brian Waddoups Col. Alexander Warschaw Dian and Jeff Weisman Gary and Kristi West Michael White Betty L. and John Whiteman Jana and Mark Wilcke* Myra and Donald Wilhite Todd and Tammy Wilkening
Daryl and Karly Williams Diane Willian Dr. Judith G. Wolf Dr. Frederick T. Wood and Mrs. Kim Wood* Karen S. Wood-Nackard Robert Wright Chris Wuerz Greg Yagi and Alan Paulson Pamela and Larry Yellen Ray and Sue York Martha Scales Zachary Charlie and Judy Zarrelli* Barbara and Barry Zemel Christopher Zachar
DIRECTORS CLUB Kim and John Abbs Helene and Marshall Abrahams Lou Anne and Keith Alexander Alive at Work, LLC Howard and Wendy Allenberg Marilyn and Richard Alsager Anonymous Carol and Scott Archer Louraine Arkfeld Christine and Rocky Armfield Karen and Bob Armknecht Tarah Ausburn Cameron and Kevin Axx Jim Barash and Dr. Tamar Gottfried Lory Baraz and Robert Zucker Anthony and Scott Barshay Holly Basteyns Fredric D. Bellamy Deborah Benedict Mary and Scot Benefiel Chris and Dana Benner Catherine and Chris Bergeron Gina and Gregory Berman E.M. Berry Michelle and David Bianchi Suzanne and David Black Katherine and John Boisvert Kelley, John and Justin Bonowski Susan and Richard Bookspan Melissa and Jonathan Boyd Mickey and Heidi Bradshaw MIchael Braun Linda Broomhead and Terese Sanchez Patti and Rick Brown Mr. and Mrs. Steve Byers Camelview Physical Therapy Elaine and Paul Campbell David E. Cantrell and Glenn W. Eyet III Dr. Caroline Carney and Mr. Nick Adamakis Kent Cattani Dr. David and Mrs. Georgiana Cave Shari and Daniel Charous Kristin and Mark Chase Sophia Chiang and Wayne Gaafar Helen Cho Kathryn A. Christmann Christopher Coffer Paula and Dan Coleman Amy Companik Rebecca and Jon Crawford Carl J. Cross Kathleen Cullen Marilee and Zach Dal Pra Diane and Phil Daspit Ellen and Andy Dauscher Dr. and Mrs. Eugene L. De La Cruz Bette DeGraw Lloyd Dennington Drs. Fred and Suzie DePrez Brenda and Gary Deutsch Donna Dichiaro in memory of Bob Dichiaro Dilemma Hair Salon Michael and Julie Dillon Karen and David Divine Janice Donnelly and John King Michael Drexler
Matthew and Terra Duke Cheryl Dworman Cheryl Eames Jim Edmonds Nancy and Dave Edwards Elite Cleaners Cynthia Emmons Lou and Rick Ender Christine English and Lenard Hailey Jody Epperson Michele and Michael Etheridge Thomas Fannin Dino and Linda Farfante Nelson Faux Dr. Allen W. Flores Eric Fox and Raymond Hebert Joan and Michael Friedman Nancy and Barry Froman Sandra J. Fromm Mimi and Sandford Furman Marybeth and Jimmy Garrett Barbara and Gregory Geidel Dr. Philip E. and Roseann M. Geiger Carole and Ronnie Gilbert Sue and Joe Gilleland Joe and Helen Goldblatt Vicki Greener Michelle and Roy Grimm Jill and Jim Gruler Brent M. Gunderson Alan and Anita Handelsman Lynlie and Myron Hansen Kathy and Marty Harper Diane Harrison Monique and Caroline Harrison Dottie and Mark Harshbarger Nora and Tim Hart Col. and Mrs. Paul Harwood Jane and Daryl Haugen Larmon and Linda Haugen Hensley Beverage Company Jill and Alan Hieb Donna and Scott Hopman Christopher and Judy Hossack Dr. Scott Howell and Mr. Sean Smith Teresa and Darrel Huish The Till Hutchison Family Jacqueline E. Jackson Nancy and Jeffrey Jacobs Dr. and Mrs. Ron Jenks Andrea and Mark Johnston In Memory of Steven R. Jonas M. Joann Jundt Katherine Kaarle Shari and Irwin Kanefsky Elaine Karcher Rona and Allan Kasen Rosey and Justin Kerchal Casey and Clara Khaleesi Terri and George Kief Alison and Alan Kierman Theresa and Jeff Krueg Jo Krueger Shirley Kruger Mary and Dave Kurrasch Dr. Robert R. Kuske, Jr. Julianne and Thomas La Porte Lawrence R. Lathom David Ledbetter Linda and Jim Lee Sandi and Eric Lemnitzer Patty and Matthew Lernor Sara and Salvatore Lettieri Patricia and Paul Lewis Fuyu Lin and Samuel Anderson Law Office of Christina M. Lopez, PLLC Regan and Rigo Lopez LOWY’s Tax Planning & Accounting, PLLC Sharon Lytle-Breen Cheryl and Johan Magnusson Suzan Makaus Rita and Nicole Mann John Martell and Cathy Thuringer Lindsay and Morgan Mathie Marilyn and Mark McCall Julie and Scott McCallister
Celia and Kent McClelland Laurie and James McDonald Robbyn McDowell Karri and Joseph McInerney Dr. Geoffrey McKinzie and Tabitha McKinzie Tamara and Ian McLeod Azar Mehdizadeh and Justin Reynolds John Mertens and Kim Cantor Mary and Kurt Meyer Austin Miller In Memory of J. Eric Miller Ariana and Daniel Mormino Kathryn Morrison Vicki and Neil Motzkin Blanche and Kevin Munnelly Nagle Law Group Diane Nastro Angela and Jesus Navarro Vickie and Ron Neill Emily and Cory Nelson Pamela and Tom Ng Debbie and Jim Nixon NuVentures Limited Suzanne O’Hara In Memory of Cindy Olstein Shannon Olwine and Mohit Mehta Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Opila Pam Peacock - Superior Real Estate Services The Perfect Companion (Jon D. Siegel) Maryellen and Mark Pendleton Suzie and David Perkinson Gloria and Jill Pierce-Garcia Susan and Mike Pucelik Hari Puri Juliet Rains Carol and Gregory Rath Linda Redman Dean Rennell Herschel and Valerie Richter Rebecca P. Ripley and Tara Ripley Swinehart Sharon and James Robbins Chad Robert John, Dee and Paul Rogers Theresa and Rene Romero Kristine Romine Meryl and Rich Rose Rosedale Hair Design Richard Ross Kent and Mira Rossman Julie and Joseph Russomanno Beth Saiki-Olsen and Morgan Olsen Chloe and Kevin Saleeby Jeffrey P. Salomone, M.D. Sherilyn and Joseph Sandor Christine and Frank Scarpati Mark Schiavoni Katherine and Bryan Schlueter Katherine and Randall Schmidt Lyrna and Michael Schoon Janiece and Tom Schubert Ursula and Rick Schultz Catherine Scott Ken Schutz and Craig Thatcher and Christa and Donald Scott Elisa Segal Judy Sera-Windell and Robert Windell Nelma and Jim Shearer In Memory of Sylvia Shippy Connie and Darin Shryock Suzanne and Jay Simon Jared Smith Jessica and Keaton Smith Karen Stein and Andrew Rosenzweig Alan Stoff Katherine and Mark Strumpf Laura and Michael Suriano John and Monica Suriano Christina and Tim Tarter Toby Teret Taylor Carla and Gary Tenney Tina Marie Tentori Tewksbury Financial Group/John and Sunny Tewksbury Karen Thorn Kartika and Eric Thornbrew Susan Thrasher and Chuck Schwartz
Chona and David Tom Missy Turner Zeena Ubogy M.D. and Millard Thaler M.D./Papillon Cosmetic Dermatology Center Steven Urke Dr. Robert and Julia Wacloff John and Katie Wahlman Colleen Smith Walters and Dave Walters Doug Walters Dale and Sheryl Wanek Shari and Chuck Warshaver Phyl Wason Suzanne and Craig Weaver Lori and Neal Weinstein Kris and Dale Wendt Jr. Doris and Duly Winkler Brigid Wright and John Patton Carol and Thomas Wood Michelle and Chris Zachar Breann and Stephen Zapytowski, Jr. Joseph Zavislak
SUPPORTING MEMBER
Natalie and John Ahearn Donna and Kirk Anderson Anonymous Ross and Shirley Berg Neva and Jim Bochenek Judy and Charles Boehmer Melanie and Patrick Burm Stephanie and Brad Butler Cathy and John Calhoun Ann Chafoulias Rhonda Elifritz-Rix Priscilla Ethier Gail Fawcett Mr. and Mrs. Armando Flores Jane and Bob Franek Morton L. Goodman and Kathleen Niederst Gary and Jacque Griffith Barbara and Joel Hanania Katrina Hanna Kimberly and Dale Hopely, Jr. Dr. Patty Horn and Sue Purkat William Hosking Michelle Louise Johnson Ellen and Howard Katz Karen J. Killoren Survivors Trust Sue Klein Cheryl Laurent Lisa Loo Devoney Looser and George Justice Julie Mooney Eve and Jim Morse New Electric, Inc. Pam and Gary Passey Valerie and Gregory Patten Timbra and Kevin Peace Natalie and Robert Petrucelli Valleria Pickett Jim M. Probst Marliese and Glen Reeves Beverly and Ron Richards Alison and David Riddiford Debra Rinell Dawn and Michael Sandlin Michelle and Jeffrey Sarrett Jacob Schwarz Michael and Ciby Shaw Marvin E. Smith Richard P. Stahl Vicki and Tom Taradash Dr. Jerome and Dr. Selma E. Targovnik Erin and Edward Urbanoski Celia Vasfaret VIP Tours of New York LLC Sandy Wagner Yubeta Family
CONTRIBUTING MEMBER
Ted Allmon Teresa Amabisca Teresa and Eugene Anderson Anonymous Association of the United States Army, Arizona Territorial Chapter
William Becker Pam and Jeff Bell Anthony Beram Rosemary Berg George and Mary Ann Bradbury Elna M. Brown Lizz and Dan Burk Mary and Ray Byke Burton Cagen PC Brent Collins Christopher Cropley Michele F. Davis Susan Dowhie Jan and Leo Dressel Richard Duke Patricia and Fred Farsjo Patricia Fimbres Ethan Fox Mary Ann Gallagher Shanna Gallo Sarah and Brad Glenn Alyssa Ann Goldstein Sharon and Tim Gregory Ryan Gurney Jeffrey Haggerty Eva and James Hamant Maren Hanson Susan Harrison Kathy and Kenneth Hudson Elizabeth Hulst Dawn Kemp-Moye and Gordon Moye Mindy Knicely Cynthia and Kevin Kozacek Diane Kreizenbeck Leola and W. Brian Krueger Donna Kucinski William and Linda Langer Raenelle and William Lees Steven Lofgren Karie Lurie Christine Mackay Tina Minchella Kenneth and Donna Muller JoAnn Mulvihill and Mary Jane Lipshie Ronald Nelson Jordan Nimura Keith Norton David Novarina Andrea and Charles O’Connor Amanda Panagakis In Honor of Melissa Phelan Ann and Richard Porras William Rase Nathalie Rennell Renee Resler Beth Reynolds and Bradley Burt Camille Ridley/Nico & Malina Peter and Jeane Robbeloth Virginia Savage Barbra Schwartz and Jeremy M. Helfgot Jessica Scianna In Memory of Judith Signeski Raj Sivananthan Tony Skrbek and Beverly Sloane Daniel L. Smith Ana Sonia and Mario Villacourt Leslie Standerfer Orin and Mary Svarc Sherri Tanis Patricia Taylor Vicky Van Dyke Mary LaRue Walker Jo and Don Wilson Darcey Winterland and Blake Bulloch Tandy Young Gayle Zerkel ASU Gammage wishes to thank the hundreds of donors who are not listed due to space limitations.
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Upcoming VIP Donor Events Emily Bautista as ‘Kim’ and Sarah Ramirez as ‘Tam’ in the North American Tour of MISS SAIGON. Photo: Matthew Murphy
VIP Donor Backstage Tours Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25 Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1 Our incredible technical staff at ASU Gammage and Senior Director of Development Mollie Trivers will lead you backstage through the hidden corridors for an experience that will be fun and informative. Please note that RSVPs are required to attend a tour as space is limited. Exclusive VIP Donor member benefit.
Opening Night Party: MISS SAIGON Tuesday, September 24 Join ASU Gammage and cast members from MISS SAIGON for beverages and light hors d’oeuvres on Opening Night. Exclusive VIP Donor member benefit (Directors Club Member and above).
Please send your VIP Donor Event RSVPs to Emily Chung at easawyer@asu.edu or 480.965.8029.